Missing Man And Lost Dog

From Superintendent Duke to All Stations – Missing from his home at Gladstone Road Ware since 6 a.m. 25th Inst, Walter Algernon Chapman a bricklayer age 29, 5 ft 8 or 9, fresh complexion, thin face, high cheek bones, hair & eyes dark, dark moustache otherwise clean shaven, medium build, dress light mixture cloth trousers & jacket, dark waistcoat, bluish mixture Oxford shirt, woollen undershirt and pants, no collar or tie, wearing leather slippers information to Superintendent Duke.

[Written alongside this entry is ‘Found Drowned’ Ed.]

Escaped from the premises of John Lawrence Veterinary Surgeon Ware on 26th Inst a valuable black & white Japanese Spaniel dog property of Mrs. Croft Hill House Stanstead Abbotts.

[Written alongside this entry is ‘Found’ Ed.]